The station would sit at the foot of the Central Government Complex, directly under Tamar Park.

In 2006, the Hong Kong Government was set to implement the Tamar Development Project.

[2] The new Government Complex was inaugurated in 2011,[3] but the timetable of the construction of the NIL station was still undecided.

On 21 February 2013, the Highways Department published an improved version of the "Railway Development Strategy."

The Tung Chung line would extend east from Hong Kong station to serve the new Tamar, Exhibition Centre, and Causeway Bay North stations before using the current Island line track from Fortress Hill to Chai Wan.